In order to close the budget gap for the Connecticut State College System CSCU president Mark E. Ojakian asked staff to voluntarily use unpaid leave as a kind of a "furlough day." It is awesome when some who gets: -335,000 a year in salary -A free car -car insurance -free vehicle repairs asks someone who makes under 70,000 a year in state salary, has 500 a m
Great post on OER @audreywatters #oer In the end there has to be some kind of platform or if we are going platformless with OER some kind of standard that allows resources to have tagged metadata. Do you know how good people are at when it comes to tagging? I agree OER needs something such as GitHub. So I have a challenge to everyone go get three teachers. T
@slamteacher @mcjsa @KrisGiere @Bali_Maha @edtechinsight #moocmooc Or do we need to cause some disruption and be empathetic to struggle? My students demand rubricized and structured online learning modules. They want step by step walk-throughs of every task. Is it more empathetic to build the learning space that gaurantees success or do we just provide suppo
@mcjsa @KrisGiere @Bali_Maha @slamteacher @edtechinsight What about when learners want or expect linear. Is empathy sometimes a straight line of design?
Can I use javascript to surface additional file types? #indieweb #teachthebweb if those file types have some kind of keywords or metadata attached. I have a friend with a ton of downloadable materials. She wants people who download here stuff to get a "If you like that you may also like..." Is there a tool that will search either by file type of div id?s The
I can't make what I want #teachtheweb. I was trying to make my syllabus using a navigable javascript slide deck. I tried to make: https://d157rqmxrxj6ey.cloudfront.net/jgmac1106/16778/ It looked fantabulous on my desktop display, but when anyone else opened it it looked like crap. The fixed pixels of elements and text spilled out of the divs. I tried really
#NWPleads I have long respected @BRCrandall out reach with under represented voices and his cherishing silenced narratives. More importantly he awakens those once silenced. I would love a chance to collaborate and think of NWP regional events. -@wiobyrne, I , and a crew of others used to organize the print2pixel unconference. What about writing unconferences